In anxiety between police cars and prisoners and surrounded by hundreds of police officers, more than 1000 people gather at the intersection over the Titrna underground station in mid -June. The banner welcomes a colorful crowd with the motto of this year “Unity” through variety. ” Blocks are formed in a few minutes. Organizers: inside and LGBT -Voin Association lead the march for strange equality.
To move in the war, it is especially important that the military supports Queers. After the Russian invasion in 2022, she quickly received a lot of support. The fact that lesbian, gays, bisexuals and trance in the ranks of the army also fought with the aggressor, for example, there was a petition for marriage for all surprisingly millions of support signatures.
This step is loud and political. Changing speeches require equal treatment and security for LGBTK+ in general, as well as equal rights for a strange soldier: in particular. Because who is not married to him: N Partner: loses in the war, still does not have the right to information, funeral and compensation payments. Nevertheless, marriage is a “voluntary connection between a man and a woman” in Article 51 of the Ukrainian Constitution, and this cannot be changed during the state of war. Thus, there is a civil partnership, the bill for this has been available since 2023.
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Complex agreements with the police
Of course, this is not the case that the parade can go in Kijiv. Organizer: Inside Experience violent resistance. Not only from Russian air strikes with drones and missiles that increase over several months. But also because of the brutally encountered opponents of pride, mobilized by nationalist Christians, contradictory Bratshto, Brotherhood, under the leadership of Dmitro Corteshinsky and “Law Young”, the youth organization of the extremist “Right Sector”. Officially, they position themselves for “family and traditional values” and threaten that Ukraine will no longer be able to receive military support from the republican government of Trump from the events of LGBT+. In the video, Korshshinsky even claims that the secret of Russia was paid for by the Russian secret service.
The police and the military department of capital were released on security issues, created pressure and poving the cancellation of measures, explains the project manager Mychajlo Jurow from Kyjiwpride. “Agreements with the police are always very complicated in advance. However, during the event, civil servants behave very well and friendly, some told us this time: “We protect human rights here.”
When will I finally get the right to be allowed to bury my partner in an emergency?
Demonstrator at Kyjiwpride Park
A week before the PRIDE demonstration, the Kyjiwpride Park Cultural Event had to resist strong pressure. Initially, an event was planned with discussions, information stands, creative corners and concerts in the pavilion of the glamor exhibition center WDNH. But two days earlier, the police said that the terrorist attack threatened. If WDNH insists at this event, the police must provide all the entrances and go out on this warm Saturday. The Bent exhibition center, Kyjiwpride Park was going to cancel.
While surprisingly, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed to provide its farm – picturesque and centrally located. The program took place shortened at stands and concerts. Despite threats, warmth, the change of location and the most cruel Russian night shots, about 1,200 people still came to discuss strange rights, EU integration and Russian misinformation. Kyjiwpride collected 140 000 Hrywnja for the army.
Strange people also fight at the front
Legal citizens also protested against the Pride Park: the most aggressive arrested the police before the start of the event, there were several dozen young people from the law young, who shouted at Queers: “The strength of tradition, graves to the shot” and “we ensure order”.
The initiative has been overgrown since the draft law was introduced for civil partnership. “At the moment, it seems more realistic that we first get a law against crimes on the basis of hatred,” explains Mychajlo Jurow from Kyjiwpride. That is why you are currently concentrating on this in political work. However, at PRIDE events, civil partnership remains the main problem of the community: “My partner is fighting at the front,” the young man turns to the representative for discussing Park Pride on Queers and Army. “He could die every day. When will I finally get the right to be allowed to bury him in an emergency? “
Tseri is not easy: on the one hand, the social accent in Ukraine is on the support of the army, so that they can successfully reflect the developing Russian troops in the east of the country, and the civilian population can protect massive air air waves with the usual hundreds of Kamikadze drones from Russia. At the same time, civil society is fighting for improvements for the veteran: inside, children and adolescents, women and girls, wanderers, minorities. And persistent Russian misinformation campaigns that want to divide and establish society on controversial emotional issues.
“Homophobia is still widespread in society,” says Kyjiwpride Mychajlo Juro. “We see this from oncoming protests or even if some brigades do not want to accept our collected donations.” Nevertheless, he is sure: despite all the steps in matters of human rights, which are currently also seen in the societies of Western European societies, he is confident in the next decades. “In the long run, I think everything will be fine.”
Nazi symbolism and strange hatred in the city center
In any case, the Kyjiwpride 2025 is satisfied with Jourus and his colleagues -competitors: the campaign was three times more and longer than in 2024. After a good 45 minutes and about 300 meters, Demoster Police accompanied all participants with a friendly, but in a determinable way, closed at the access station for this event. According to the latter, all your posters and flags must pack, the rainbow and symbols of LGBTK+and leave at least one station.
Almost at the same time, about 500 meters from about 200 protesting opponents begin to the meeting point with pride. With spell choirs, wooden flags, gloves, masks and military views. Hurry no longer forced to understand them, a large police contingent guarantees this. Some officials wear “tolerance” on clothes.
The right can still demonstrate with Nazi symbols and strange hatred through the city center. No one threatens their events with attacks, so the police do not need them in particular, to defend them. Your train ends on the Maidan. In addition to memorial flags for the fallen war, they sing the Ukrainian anthem. Looking back, pride previously outweighs media reports, but the street scene determined the right extremists.
You can see the correct loudspeaker’s car on the street two hours later: it accompanies the funeral procession for the young feminist pilot of drones, which in early June fell in a battle with a request.
